Sujet

'A Suttee', 1845. Creator: D Roberts.

Légende

'A Suttee', 1845. Mourners on the ghats by the River Ganges, India. Suttee or sati was a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow immolated herself on her husband's funeral pyre. From "Hindostan, The Shores of the Red Sea, and The Himalaya Mountains, Vol. II". [Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1845]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A36_289

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Format disponible

64,0Mo (1,9Mo) / 49,8cm x 32,2cm / 5886 x 3798 (300dpi)

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